Symposia [S1], [S2], [S5] and [S22] will take place on 21 August 2017, the joint day of the ESEB congress and the meeting of the International Society for Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health (ISEMPH). Symposia [S3], [S4], [S6], [S7] and [S21], which will be scheduled later in the programme, might also be of interest to ISEMPH delegates.